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senator graham, are republicans going to block chuck hagel if he's the nominee for defense secretary. >> i think a lot of republicans and democrats are very concerned about chuck hagel's position on iran sanctions. his views toward israel, hamas and hezbollah and there is wide and deep concern about his policies. all of us like him as a person. it will be up to the president to make the selection. the hearings will matter. they will matter a lot to me. and if he sends chuck hagel up it will be a confirmation hearing of consequence. >> chris: so, at this point you are not prepared to say the republicans would put a hold on the nomination, or filibuster it? >> i can tell you there would be very little republican support for his nomination, at the end of the day, very few votes. >> chris: senator feinstein, you will introduce legislation this week on the first day of the new congress on thursday, to ban assault weapons, and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. why is that more effective than the nra proposal to put armed guards in every school? >> well in the first plac
senator graham, are republicans going to block chuck hagel if he's the nominee for defense secretary. >> i think a lot of republicans and democrats are very concerned about chuck hagel's position on iran sanctions. his views toward israel, hamas and hezbollah and there is wide and deep concern about his policies. all of us like him as a person. it will be up to the president to make the selection. the hearings will matter. they will matter a lot to me. and if he sends chuck hagel up it...
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they are demanding more information about the nominee, former senator chuck hagel, and about the benghazi terror attack. joining me now, one of the senators leading the charge, republican lindsay graham, of south carolina. senator, you were telling me just before we went on the air that you just got new information about chuck hagel. what is it? >> well, on the day of the vote, there was a blog posting about a speech i think in 2007 or 2008 he made at rutgers university and the blogger was a supporter of senator hagel and put on his blog, 6 points of the speech, question-and-answer session and point 6 was allegedly senator hagel said that the u.s. state department was an adjunct of the israeli foreign minister's office, which i think would be breath taking if he said that, had such a view and i got a letter back from senator hagel, in response to my question, did you say that and do you believe that, and, the letter says he did not recall saying that and disavowed that statement. >> chris: is that enough for you? >> well if that is true, that would end the matter because he previously sai
they are demanding more information about the nominee, former senator chuck hagel, and about the benghazi terror attack. joining me now, one of the senators leading the charge, republican lindsay graham, of south carolina. senator, you were telling me just before we went on the air that you just got new information about chuck hagel. what is it? >> well, on the day of the vote, there was a blog posting about a speech i think in 2007 or 2008 he made at rutgers university and the blogger...
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chuck hagel has questions to answer and one will be why is it the position you held in the past about iranian sanctions and our support for israel, no longer appear to be your positions? i'm going to meet with him this week and, the committee i'm sure in those hearings, i'll have questions there, as well. and look forward to the chance to talk to him about what he'd do. he's going to have a lot to say about our national defense for a long time. as the secretary of defense, at this time. if he becomes the secretary of defense. >> chris: senator blunt, thank you, thanks so much for coming in. always a pleasure to talk to you. up next the president takes a combative tone as he begins his second term. we'll ask our panel how this aggressive approach will work in a divided government. ♪ i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks.
chuck hagel has questions to answer and one will be why is it the position you held in the past about iranian sanctions and our support for israel, no longer appear to be your positions? i'm going to meet with him this week and, the committee i'm sure in those hearings, i'll have questions there, as well. and look forward to the chance to talk to him about what he'd do. he's going to have a lot to say about our national defense for a long time. as the secretary of defense, at this time. if he...
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. >> you had a huge fight with the previous defense secretary chuck hagel, who said you were pushing him to release people he wasn't comfortable releasing. >> the secretary of defense only signs orders that he's comfortable with signing. i eet let the secretaries of defense defend their positions one way or another on that. what i'm not willing to do and what the president is not willing to do is make this problem, which has consumed enormous amounts of time and important relationships with our countries for the next president. he feels an obligation to the next president. he will fix this so they don't have ton confronted with the 15i78 sort of challenges. >>> in the time left, lightning round. iran has violated a ban on ballistic missile testing at least twice. the administration on december 30th said we're going to send you, congress, a list of sanctions to punish them. there's a ban on ballistic missile testing. hours later saided at moral said no, we're not going to send you a list. >> we we sent them a list of characters who are -- mind if i answer the question? we will issue t
. >> you had a huge fight with the previous defense secretary chuck hagel, who said you were pushing him to release people he wasn't comfortable releasing. >> the secretary of defense only signs orders that he's comfortable with signing. i eet let the secretaries of defense defend their positions one way or another on that. what i'm not willing to do and what the president is not willing to do is make this problem, which has consumed enormous amounts of time and important...
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i'm going to put up chuck hagel and i'm going put up victoria newland even though you're upset about benghazi and i'll put up people like john perez, and they decided they don't think they can work with republicans on the hill so he will say dare them in effect to reject people that he thinks are qualified. >> i think and from long experience you would agree that sometimes presidents need to stand up to their opponents. was this the right time, place and person to do it with? >> tran 16edded political defines. this is a face-slapping, eye gouging, patently political counterproductive move and he's settled with bad policy consequences and he's an inept and undistinguished national security adviser in the white house who has shown toughness only in so far as her proximity, that can pit her against john kerry who is a serious guy, and it's elevated samantha power who is a world renowned persecution or anti-genocide crusader. she puts her considerable prowess and access to persecution of christian, the slaughter, the rape, the torture of christians throughout the middle east. that is wha
i'm going to put up chuck hagel and i'm going put up victoria newland even though you're upset about benghazi and i'll put up people like john perez, and they decided they don't think they can work with republicans on the hill so he will say dare them in effect to reject people that he thinks are qualified. >> i think and from long experience you would agree that sometimes presidents need to stand up to their opponents. was this the right time, place and person to do it with? >>...
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. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel flies to afghanistan today. the surprise visit and part of his week-long middle east tour, this is video of defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday when he was meeting with american soldiers in bahrain. there he is. the pentagon says he is traveling to afghanistan to thank troops for their service. he does not plan to meet with afghan president karzai who is can currently in a dispute with the white house because he is refusing to sign a security agreement that would allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan past 2014. defense secretary chuck hagel announced that the afghan defense minister reassured him that the security deal will be signed in a timely manner. >>> a high school in illinois is making headlines for a controversial new policy that requires students to submit to random alcohol tests. the school is owfd chicago. this fall the private catholic school began weekly alcohol testing. using hair samples the tests can reveal if a student has had more than an occasional glass of wine in the past 90 days. >>
. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel flies to afghanistan today. the surprise visit and part of his week-long middle east tour, this is video of defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday when he was meeting with american soldiers in bahrain. there he is. the pentagon says he is traveling to afghanistan to thank troops for their service. he does not plan to meet with afghan president karzai who is can currently in a dispute with the white house because he is refusing to sign a security...
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hagel delayed the tests amid concerns it could heighten the conflict with north korea. north korea threatened the united states with a nuclear strike and says it is in a state of war with south korea. meantime south korea's top military officer is postponing a planned visit to the u.s. the chairman of south korea's joint chiefs of staff had planned to meet with his u.s. counterpart general martin dempsey in washington later this month but officials say south korea's military officials can't be away at a time when north korea is threatening to attack. >>> as tensions continue to escalate between the north and south, we are learning more about north korea's leader kim jong-un who took over power from his father in december of 2011. coming up in our next hour, we take a closer look at the people he surrounds himself with including his relationship to the country's most powerful woman. >>> the sequester is taking a toll on families struggling to afford their rent. thousands of people in the bay area rely on rental subsidies from the government section 8 voucher program but
hagel delayed the tests amid concerns it could heighten the conflict with north korea. north korea threatened the united states with a nuclear strike and says it is in a state of war with south korea. meantime south korea's top military officer is postponing a planned visit to the u.s. the chairman of south korea's joint chiefs of staff had planned to meet with his u.s. counterpart general martin dempsey in washington later this month but officials say south korea's military officials can't be...
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new, chuck hagel has arrived in afghanistan on his first trip to the country as defense secretary. he plans to meet with the afghanistan president and united states commanders during his stop. he said that though the transition to afghanistan forces is underway united states troops must still remain focused on the mission because we are still at war. he was confirmed by the senate last week after a bruising confirmation fight. >>> happening now, thousands of people are taking part in a state funeral for hugo chavez. this is a live picture of the services among those is shaun penn. he called chavez a dear friend and a champion for the poor. chavez died tuesday from a massive heart attack at the age of 58. his body will be embalmed and put on permanent display inside a glass tomb. the heads of more than 30 governments also attending the funeral. they include iranian president who arrived last night and cuban president. the united states delegation includes a new york congressman. >> we will take a quick break and be right back. please. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new hazel
new, chuck hagel has arrived in afghanistan on his first trip to the country as defense secretary. he plans to meet with the afghanistan president and united states commanders during his stop. he said that though the transition to afghanistan forces is underway united states troops must still remain focused on the mission because we are still at war. he was confirmed by the senate last week after a bruising confirmation fight. >>> happening now, thousands of people are taking part in a...
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. >>> former senator chuck hagel will begin meeting with senators personally and he started yesterday with a long talk with chuck schumer, an influential democrat who said he's decided to support hagel. some republicans are opposed to hagel even though hagel is a republican. he's accused of being soft on iran, weak in his backing for israel and opposed to gay rights. his confirmation hearing will probably happen within weeks. >>> a study found there are almost 3,000 potentially unsafe buildings in the city and 58,000 people living there. research says the buildings will probably fall down in a big quake. most of the buildings on the list have not been verified in person by building inspectors. >>> well, it's not likely that lawsuits in the san bruno explosion will actually go to trial. more than 320 people filed claims. about 120 have already agreed to settlement. lawyerses said in court that this -- lawyers said this could take about 90 i days settle the remaining claims. >>> the man accused of killing five people at a san francisco home last month is due in court at 9:00 this mornin
. >>> former senator chuck hagel will begin meeting with senators personally and he started yesterday with a long talk with chuck schumer, an influential democrat who said he's decided to support hagel. some republicans are opposed to hagel even though hagel is a republican. he's accused of being soft on iran, weak in his backing for israel and opposed to gay rights. his confirmation hearing will probably happen within weeks. >>> a study found there are almost 3,000...
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. >>> new this morning, secretary of defense chuck hagel says the syrian regime is likely using chemical weapons, including gas. that comes after the head of the free syrian army claimed to have proof that the syrian regime was using these weapons. secretary hagel told reporters that this violates every convention of warfare. president obama has said the use of chemical weapons could determine whether the u.s. intervenes in this syrian civil war. >>> we are getting new information about the rescue efforts following that tragic factory building collapse in bangladesh. an army official says 40 survivors have been found in one of the survivors of the collapsed building. 12 have been rescued. crews are working on freeing the other. there's also on -- the others. there's also an update on the death toll, 238 are confirmed dead in what is being considered in the country's worst garment industry disaster. >>> garment workers angry about the slow pace of help took their protests to the street. we're also learning that the owner of the factory was ordered to appear in court but has gone into hidi
. >>> new this morning, secretary of defense chuck hagel says the syrian regime is likely using chemical weapons, including gas. that comes after the head of the free syrian army claimed to have proof that the syrian regime was using these weapons. secretary hagel told reporters that this violates every convention of warfare. president obama has said the use of chemical weapons could determine whether the u.s. intervenes in this syrian civil war. >>> we are getting new...
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. >> he may reach across party lines and give chuck hagel the top job for the pentagon. >> he has a lot of good people to choose from. he wants to put together a team. a team overall that going into the second term does not look like a group of second strangers. >> treasure secretary tim geithner said he will stay on until the inauguration. jack la is being mentioned as a replacement. >>> they ignored warnings that a large hurricane could hit the big apple. a 2,006 report said it was a question of time before hurricane came and flooded the system and caused wide outages in new york city. those warnings went unheeded due to concerns about budget cuts and the likelihood of such a storm. hurricane sandy is the second costliest disaster in u.s. history. >>> they had the first hack-a-thon. they worked on ideas yesterday afternoon. the goal was to create fun and practical apps using public information available through county records. >> we have seen interesting ideas around restaurant inspections. and we have seen ideas around places like parks. parks and rec information was interesting to p
. >> he may reach across party lines and give chuck hagel the top job for the pentagon. >> he has a lot of good people to choose from. he wants to put together a team. a team overall that going into the second term does not look like a group of second strangers. >> treasure secretary tim geithner said he will stay on until the inauguration. jack la is being mentioned as a replacement. >>> they ignored warnings that a large hurricane could hit the big apple. a 2,006...
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defense secretary chuck hagel arrived in pakistan today for meetings with the prime minister and other officials. now, the pentagon says he will focus on common threats and also the stability of it neighboring afghanistan. u.s. relations with pakistan have been strained base of u.s. drone strikes and military operations along the pakistan/afghanistan border. >>> new this morning, president obama is on his way to south africa right now to attend the memorial service for nelson mandela. president obama and first lady michelleby boarded air force one about three hours ago. also on air force one for the trip to south africa and the funeral, former president george w. bush, laura bush and former secretary of state, hillary clinton. former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton will attend the memorial but they are traveling separately. the only living former u.s. president not going is george h.w. bush. his spokesman said the 89-year- old is not able to travel long distances. in south africa people continue to gather outside of mandela's house in johannesburg. the memorial will be held in
defense secretary chuck hagel arrived in pakistan today for meetings with the prime minister and other officials. now, the pentagon says he will focus on common threats and also the stability of it neighboring afghanistan. u.s. relations with pakistan have been strained base of u.s. drone strikes and military operations along the pakistan/afghanistan border. >>> new this morning, president obama is on his way to south africa right now to attend the memorial service for nelson mandela....